Ronald Michael Lather, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · New Bern, NC
Ronald Michael Lather, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New Bern, North Carolina, and NPI 1710970660, issued on Aug 25, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 0035405, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ronald Michael Lather
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0035405 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 108 Market St, New Bern, NC 28560
- Phone
- (252) 672-0224
- Enumerated
- Aug 25, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 29, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (252) 672-0227
- Medicaid ID
- 891149X NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091230000602); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albany Medical College Of Union University, 1990
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 108 Market St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Muryel Vary, PA-CPhysician Assistant1881086742
Verify Ronald Michael Lather in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 0035405Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,709 Medicare Part D claims for 579 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 191 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium498 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium437 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate436 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate371 claims
- Omeprazole343 claims
- Montelukast Sodium288 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,489.43
96 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Coastal Carolina Health Care PANew Bern, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ronald Michael Lather among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Ronald Michael Lather, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New Bern
They are 37 of the 1,823 NPPES records with a practice address in New Bern, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Ronald Michael Lather, MD's NPI number?
Ronald Michael Lather, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710970660, issued on Aug 25, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ronald Michael Lather, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 108 Market St, New Bern, NC, 28560. Phone: (252) 672-0224. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ronald Michael Lather, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 0035405, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ronald Michael Lather, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ronald Michael Lather, MD had 12,709 Medicare Part D claims for 579 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.